This Side of Sad

James is a retired teacher who suffers panic attacks. He is despondent and withdrawn. One day during deer hunting season, James “decide[s] on danger” – in the words of his wife, Maslen – walks into ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Yak and Dove

By Esmé Shapiro (ill.); Kyo Maclear

Like the title characters in their new book, author Kyo Maclear and illustrator Esmé Shapiro are an unassuming comedic dream team. Maclear writes with the perceptive, gentle quirkiness for which she’s become known. Shapiro’s debut ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Demi-Gods

By Eliza Robertson

It’s a rite of passage for young novelists to tackle rites of passage: the sun-dappled, backward-glancing, coming-of-age fable is as regimented and routinized as any lean-boned crime thriller or bulky, mock-Victorian doorstop. There is currently ... Read More »

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Pattern for Pepper

By Julie Kraulis

In her latest picture book, Julie Kraulis looks at textiles and clothing from a perspective far removed from both contemporary, disposable fast fashion and flashy haute couture. A Pattern for Pepper is an appealing introduction ... Read More »

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

All Around the Circle

By Cara Kansala; Max Dorey (ill.)

Little ones love a lively scene, and there’s plenty for them to look at in the rollicking illustrations that accompany Cara Kansala’s spirited poems in All Around the Circle. Kansala and her long-time artistic collaborator ... Read More »

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

The Puffin Problem

By Lori Doody

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

★ Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation

By Monique Gray Smith

“Reconciliation begins with you,” says Chief Dr. Robert Joseph of the Gwawaenuk First Nation in Monique Gray Smith’s formidably executed new book, Speaking Our Truth. This simple maxim reinforces the purpose of the titular journey ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Pikiq

By Yayo; Talleen Hacikyan (trans.)

Tropical birds fly through a snowy forest, or perch in a maze of caribou antlers; a frog riding on a fish pulls a sled containing a bonsai tree; a boy builds a kayak from the ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Picture Books

A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream

By Lesley Trites

There’s a claustrophobic and secretive quality to Montreal writer Lesley Trites’s debut, a book of short stories that illuminates the lives of girls and women. In the first story, “Pepto-Bismol Pink,” a woman sleeps with ... Read More »

July 24, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Everything Is Awful And You’re A Terrible Person

By Daniel Zomparelli

The debut collection of fiction from poet and editor Daniel Zomparelli isn’t a daring adventure into a new genre for the author. Rather, it’s a natural complement to the niche he has created with his ... Read More »

July 24, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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Quill and Quire

This Side of Sad

★ Yak and Dove

★ Demi-Gods

A Pattern for Pepper

All Around the Circle

The Puffin Problem

★ Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation

Pikiq

A Three-Tiered Pastel Dream

Everything Is Awful And You’re A Terrible Person

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